MeerK40t VS OpenBuilds CAM & Control

Hi guys, you don't actually need to get a new motherboard to use lightburn on a k40. Check out meerk40t, an awesome free k40 whisperer replacement which is 100 times better. This in itself is a great achievment by the programmer David Olsen, but what makes it amazing is that you can run the software as a kind of Ruida emulator and it will turn your k40 into a ruida machine and then lightburn can connect to it. I... Source: about 2 years ago

I vouch for https://github.com/meerk40t/meerk40t A more modern alternative to Whisperer and actively maintained - used on MacOS without issues. Source: over 2 years ago

Recently I fell into the core-XY style of printers found this Website for DIY printers and other machine but couldn't find any that fit the budget($$400-$600), and a lot of these build don't even have a parts list. Does anyone know of any printer kit or self-sourced that fall into my budget and also Core-XY. Source: about 1 year ago

A few years ago I also designed and built my own 3D printer (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2905423). The Reprap Community, as well as sites like Thingiverse and OpenBuilds (https://openbuilds.com/), were great to get inspiration. There is also a Reprap Wiki with plenty information: https://reprap.org/. Source: about 1 year ago

Might be better to ask in a CNC community. Try Lazer cutting. Their builds are probably closest to plotters in terms of speeds and weight etc. You might also like to look at https://openbuilds.com/ specifically their ACRO system as I think this is probably the best system suited to a plotter. Source: over 1 year ago

Openbuilds.com ships internationally, and they occasionally do free international shipping even. a couple weeks back they had free international shipping even. with black friday sales coming up next week they may redo it. Source: over 1 year ago

Check out https://openbuilds.com/. They have configurations for CNC, 3D printing, laser/plasma cutting, and more. Source: almost 2 years ago